My New Calico Orandas (what Is Gh) Options

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I hand carry them back.  I didn't have any problem with custom at the airport.  In fact, I walked through the “nothing to declare” aisle carrying a deflated plastic bag with the fishes inside in full view for the custom officer to see.  They didn’t stop me.  Maybe they can tell I had less than 3 litres of water and only two fishes in it. 

Wow... cool man... Should visit Tung Choi Street and buy good stuff... I wonder if the goldfish standard are good... n the price too..

[HappyBuddha]

Here are some pics of the seconds Oranda. Unfortunately, I only managed to take pics while the fish was still in shock and lying on the tank's floor.... and my DC's battery went dead before it recovers.

[HappyBuddha]

Right-side.

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This guy is not so long compared to the first one?

[Inxs]

This guy is not so long compared to the first one?

This one look better than the first one. i "suan-ba".

[HappyBuddha]

I need to learn more about Orandas... as I never liked them and didn't pay much attention on how a good one should look like.

Where is bro oranda?

[HappyBuddha]

Wow... cool man...    Should visit Tung Choi Street and buy good stuff... I wonder if the goldfish standard are good... n the price too.. 

I didn't go to tung choi street (aka men's street) this time around... but the shops are very cramp. Goldfish is very popular in HK so you can find all kinds of goldfish of different qualities. That street is really a goldfish siao's heaven.

Here's a HK fish forum... which has a sub-forum on goldfish. Pretty interesting if you can read mandarin. There's also a map of tung choi street if you plan to visit.

[LASERGUY]

This guy is not so long compared to the first one?

From what I learnt from Seah at AC, Oranda with longish body will grow to a bigger fish than one with a rounder body. This can be observed on Bruce the largest goldfish.

Correct me if I am wrong, by looking at the way the 2nd fish rest on the bottom, suspect that it has bladder/buoyancy problem ?

This post has been edited by LASERGUY: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 6:55 pm

[HappyBuddha]

From what I learnt from Seah at AC, Oranda with longish body will grow to a bigger fish than one with a rounder body. This can be observed on Bruce the largest goldfish.

I recall Alvin Lim mentioned something like that too on the CNA show. He said a young fish should not be too rounded or they will not grow big in size.

Correct me if I am wrong, by looking at the way the 2nd fish rest on the bottom, suspect that it has bladder/buoyancy problem ?

I've been keeping the orandas in toyogo tubs and only observed them from the top... and didn't notice this behaviour. A quick flip through those pics I took showed this oranda indeed lie on the floor in that Anabel Chong position throughout it stay in the glass tank. I hope it's becoz it's in shock coming from a dim tub to a brightly lit tank for photoshoot. Otherwise, it swims normally ... but I now noticed the head does points downward somewhat while it swims. Thanks for highlighting it out; I'll observe somemore and hopefully find a way to correct it?

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This guy is not so long compared to the first one?

Yes... this one looks much better than the first one...

[Inxs]

Yes... this one looks much better than the first one...

But I still feel the head is too heavy. Keep swimming in an decline angle right?

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But I still feel the head is too heavy. Keep swimming in an decline angle right?

Hehehe... correct me if I'm wrong... I've just bought 4 chinese ranchus which just arrived from China... For the first 1 week, they just thiam thiam floating at decline angle... But now 3 of them actively swimming happily... but one of them still thiam thiam... I guess it will take sometime for them to recover from stress...

[dennis]

A quick flip through those pics I took showed this oranda indeed lie on the floor in that Anabel Chong position throughout it stay in the glass tank.

Nope strongly disagree! Anabel Chong position looks more like SBD where the fish flips upside down.

[HappyBuddha]

Hehehe... correct me if I'm wrong... I've just bought 4 chinese ranchus which just arrived from China... For the first 1 week, they just thiam thiam floating at decline angle... But now 3 of them actively swimming happily... but one of them still thiam thiam... I guess it will take sometime for them to recover from stress...

That's not the case for these orandas. They were very stone for 2 days after I brought them home. Didn't move much and just stayed on the tub's floor all the time. I was worried. Then I drop a few pellets and saw them spring back to life. Now they're on bloodworms only and are very active... but yes, they do swim with the head pointing downwards somewhat. I'm not sure if the bow head is normal as the tub is mere 6 inches deep and they could be looking for food, or their finage can't extend fully for proper control. I'm going to get a tall (12 inches) toyogo and see if that corrects their swimming posture.

[Hamad]

Wow, to me these fish look absolutely stunning. I'm a huge fan of orandas with huge wen and I think they're pretty rare to find...What adds more beauty to these is the color, I normally don't like calicos but I love calicos that have a lot of bright red, light shades and not too much black.

I don't see a problem with the first one's body, I think longer body is better for orandas with massive heads like this because short bodied ones can't carry the head so well and usually end up facing down a lot.

HappyBuddha, could you please add pictures of them after they adjusted to their new environement? I would like to see pics of them swimming.

Thanks!